Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim

[Thread Astaire]

Negged. Pffft.

[gizmo1990]

I don't get these 50's B movie monster style posters? Especially in the context of this film? It goes against the whole 'serious' nature of the films angle I've seen so far. It's a really muddled message to be sending out.

[Padster]

I think I might have missed the serious angle.

Giant robots fighting giant monsters doesn't feel very serious to me.

And that's a GOOD thing.

[jon_cybernet]

I think the B-movie posters are just Mondo style collectibles, pretty sure they're not using them to advertise to the general public, just movie nerds.

[Jack Walsh's coffee shop]

Let's hope so.

[Guest]

I saw a billboard today that only showed the monsters (kaiju, is it?). Well, anyway, it looked fucking EPIC.

This shit better do numbers. Del Toro deserves it.

[Roboplegic Wrongcock]

Kojima loves it as well.

[Spacehost]

I think Kojima might have found the guy he wants to direct the Metal Gear Solid movie.

Oh my God I hope GdT directs the MGS movie. He'd be a perfect fit for the magical-realism, earnest-but-funny sort of style of the first game. Someone call Avi Arad.

[Bazjam]

Think I might actually day one this at the cinema, and I haven't done that in years.

[Camel]

Oh man, day one as a verb. God help us all.

[Bazjam]

Ha, I have no shame.

[Lovelyman]

Can't wait to see what Dizzee Rascal thinks.

[Bazjam]

Kojima just tweeted his love for it. Now that's an opinion I am interested in.

[Mr Cochese]

The studio have contacted Kojima to add six hours of codec conversations into the film.

[mushashi]

On one level, you've got to applaud Legendary Pictures and WB for backing what is essentially a niche film subject.

You say that, yet Legendary supposedly greenlit this on the basis it would be the evidence they would need to get a better deal when their contract with WB ends, they must be fairly confident in its mass appeal to throw wads of money at the problem. WB's financial exposure is much less than what Legendary are risking on the project.

[Glasgowchivas]

Legendary and Warner Bros announced last week that their partnership is coming to an end.

No, not our Legendary before some smart arse pipes up that he'll soon find comfort in Salsa.

No, not the dip, the dance.

[Nick R]

Del Toro did a Q&A on the Guardian website a couple of days ago:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2013/jul/03/guillermo-del-toro-pacific-rim-webchat

This is his response to someone who's concerned (as quite a few of us seem to be) about the way that the marketing has emphasised the big smashy action - "So, what is Pacific Rim really speaking about, in terms of humans, feelings, ideas, fears, etc. ?":

OK. I'm going to lay out what I wanted to do with it. I wanted to create a movie that has all the character-types that you expect in the genre but try to approach them from a quirkier and more humanistic point of view. One of my earliest decisions, and one that is consequent with Devil's Backbone or Hellboy for that matter, was to not tell the tale of a group of cocky surefire winners, but a tale of dented, fringe characters. Each of them bringing a little bit of humanity's qualities into the game: self-sacrifice, ingenuity, bravery, etc etc. Rather than make it about a single hero and firepower, I tried to make it a choral picture about trusting each other. And rather than make it about one country and one ideology saving the world, I tried to make it about the world saving the world. To make Idris Elba the moral centre of the tale, the leader, rather than a Wasp-y mofo, or making Rinko a real partner to Charlie's pilot, rather than sexpot kickass chick with brief wardrobe malfunctions. Casting was key.[...]

But my favourite of his comments is this:

I intend to devote my fat life to the creation of altars to subgenres that almost nobody gives a fuck about.

[Gambit]

There are rumours that a teaser for Godzilla could be shown before Pacific Rim. I hope that's true, it would be a perfect fit. GIANT MONSTERS ARE BACK!

[GODSTEETH]

I really hope this does well.

I need Hellboy III and ATMOM.

[sandman]

I think I might actually faint if they announce Hellboy 3

[oli]

Until I saw Ron Perlman pop up in the trailer I was hoping, deep down, that Pacific Rim could just a secret sequel to Hellboy. Imagine it, you start off with all of this monsters from the bottom of the ocean getting punched up by giant robots and then in the third act it's not really working and Hellboy comes in to save the day. In a massive robot

[Fury4k]

I think this looks terrible based on what I've seen in trailers, but I've decided to see it after Kojima's recommendation.

[AlwaysBeClosing]

It's filmed in IMAX right? Cause it looks like it'd be great on such a big screen.

[JohnC]

Apparently shot on RED Epic cameras. No idea if that can do some sort of IMAX equivalent.

[Gabe]

Given how the looked pretty locked-in to the frame (illustrated by how it looks as though their feet are pulled-down when they walk), how exactly do they jump?

Anyway, other than GDT telling us it will, has anybody else suggested how it will be elevated above what one would expect of the genre?

[Sabreman]

I'm just hoping that it manages to deliver great monster-stomping action without suffering from a script that's offensively stupid.

[Rorschach]

Apparently shot on RED Epic cameras. No idea if that can do some sort of IMAX equivalent.

They could crop the edges of the frame and blow the image up, but that would create a dreadful viewing experience.

[grounded_dreams]

Reviews have started to appear this morning:

tp://www.denofgeek.com/movies/pacific-rim/26299/pacific-rim-review

ttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/pacific-rim/review/581518

ttp://www.indiewire.com/article/guillermo-del-toros-pacific-rim-smarter-blockbuster-or-a-different-kind-of-dumb

http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-pacific-rim-1200535260/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jul/08/pacific-rim-review-guillermo-del-toro?CMP=twt_fd

ttp://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/07/08/pacific-rim-review/

http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/pacific-rim

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10162332/Pacific-Rim-review.html

Edit Added a few more reviews

[Goose]

Three and a half stars from SFX.

[Bazjam]

Four from Total Film.